(9) To provide safeguards for the maintenance of a procurement
system of quality and integrity; and

(10) To obtain in a cost-effective and responsive manner the
commodities and services required by spending units in order for
those spending units to better serve this state's businesses and
residents.

(b) The Director of the Purchasing Division shall, at the time
of appointment:

(1) Be a graduate of an accredited college or university; and

(2) Have spent a minimum of ten of the fifteen years
immediately preceding his or her appointment employed in an
executive capacity in purchasing for any unit of government or for
any business, commercial or industrial enterprise.

(c) The provisions of this article apply to all of the
spending units of state government, except as otherwise provided by
this article or by law.

(d) The provisions of this article do not apply to the
judicial branch, the legislative branch, to purchases of stock made
by the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner and to purchases of
textbooks for the State Board of Education.

(e) The provisions of this article apply to every expenditure
of public funds by a spending unit for commodities and services
irrespective of the source of the funds.
Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2015 Regular Session
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